The loan move which has taken Tottenham Hotspur teenager Marcus Edwards to Norwich City could end up being the perfect move for all parties.

The 19-year-old is one of the most talented English teenagers yet to make a Premier League appearance and while loan moves were turned down in the summer the switch to the Canaries until the send of the season appears to have come at just the right time.

Clubs from across England, Germany, the Netherlands and the MLS were all vying for Edwards' signature during this January window, but Norwich and Edwards seem to be the perfect fit.

Anyone who has watched Edwards play for Tottenham's U23s and U19s will talk of a player who can dribble past players with ease, has an eye for a goal and whips in dangerous free-kicks and corners.

They may also tell you that despite having that low centre of gravity, he can occasionally get muscled out of games and drift out of the action.

Edwards has been working on the latter this season and a loan move into the physical Championship will only improve his battling qualities as he comes up against experienced older defenders and midfielders.

For his manager Mauricio Pochettino, the loan move perhaps marks an acceptance that his handling of Edwards hasn't quite met the levels of his development of other young academy players at the club since his arrival in 2014.

Marcus Edwards playing for Spurs' U23s

The Argentine admitted last month that comparing Edwards to a young Lionel Messi in 2016 was an error.

"Maybe I made a mistake. I believed it was positive and he was going to take it in a positive way. When you’re young, sometimes you need more time. Sometimes you stop your evolution. We still trust in him," the Spurs boss said.

"No, I’m not going to talk about [questions over the player's attitude]. It’s about performance. Of course he needs to work hard like different players that we have in the academy, and wait for the opportunity. It’s never easy, the last step, to join the first team from the academy."

Pochettino also made the unusual step of talking about the teenager 'having behavioural issues and problems with authority' in his recently-published book 'Pochettino's Spurs - A Brave New World'.

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Despite questions about his work ethic, Edwards has knuckled down this season and has plundered plenty of goals in the Premier League 2 and UEFA Youth League.

The player has been champing at the bit, waiting for a chance to play alongside the senior stars, but Pochettino has not obliged, passing up opportunities to use him in Carabao Cup matches against Barnsley and West Ham as well as the dead rubber Champions League clash against Apoel Nicosia at Wembley.

Edwards' development squad team-mates Kazaiah Sterling and Luke Amos were named in the squad for that European match, with Sterling coming off the bench late on for his first team debut.

Marcus Edwards in action

Illness and a minor injury over the festive period meant Edwards was not in contention to be selected for the FA Cup ties against AFC Wimbledon, even if Pochettino had given him the nod.

The return of Erik Lamela from his long-term hip problems and the form of Heung-Min Son have also lessened Pochettino's need or desire to throw Edwards into the fray.

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Ten bright minutes against Gillingham in the League Cup at White Hart Lane in 2016 remains the only first team action Edwards has seen for Tottenham Hotspur.

That is why the loan move to Norwich comes at perfect time. The teenager will be able to prove to Pochettino that he can cut it with senior players and that he's got the work ethic to handle first team football and the attitude to deal with all the ups and downs that come with it.

Marcus Edwards in UEFA Youth League action

For Norwich, they are taking a chance with an untried youngster but he is a player landed amid plenty of interest from across the continent and the Atlantic.

In Edwards they have snapped up a incredibly skillful player who could fill the gap left, somewhat ironically, by another talented former Spurs academy product who struggled to break through under Pochettino - Alex Pritchard.

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Pritchard, who moved to Huddersfield this week in an £11m move, was hindered by an ankle injury gained on international duty which set him back at Spurs. Edwards suffered a similar problem in late 2016 during a training session with the first team, which interrupted his own progress.

Edwards will need a little time to adapt to life in the Championship, but if he can set the Championship alight this season and help the Canaries back up into contention for promotion to the Premier League, Pochettino will have to sit up and take notice once again and he could end up with the Marcus Edwards he dreamed of back in 2016.